DiabetesSelfManagement.com Wins Two Blog Awards!

We are pleased to announce that The Diabetes Self-Management Blog has won two 2007 Diabetes O.C. Blog Awards: “Best Blog,” and “Best Diabetes News Blog.” These distinctions are especially meaningful to us because they have been awarded by the very people we exist to serve: our readers. Many thanks to all who took the time to vote.

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Scott K. Johnson

Hi Tara!

I don’t know what rock I’ve been living under, but I had totally missed the boat on this great site you’ve got here!!! So sorry about that – I’ve missed a lot of good stuff!

Congratulations on the awards, and count on me as a loyal reader from here on out.

Take care!

Ski Dog

I just recently began to use insulin injections. I’m an expert skier and am headed to Colorado to ski the back bowls at 12,000 ft and below 0 temps. I’m concerned about carrying insulin pens next to my body. If I take a bad fall things could go bad fast. How else can I keep them from freezing? Anyone have any experience with this? Any suggestions?Ski Dog

acampbell

Hi Ski Dog,Insulin pens are an easy and convenient way to deliver insulin, as you’ve probably discovered by now. However, as with any insulin, you do need to take precautions to prevent it from getting too hot or from freezing. You need to keep your insulin pen as close to your body as possible at cold temperatures. Does your ski jacket have an inside pocket? If not, see if someone can sew a pouch inside for you. Also, there are various insulin storage container companies, including a company called Medicool (http://www.medicool.com). I believe they make a container for insulin pens. The pens themselves are pretty durable, so if you fall, you’re unlikely to break them. Since you ski a lot, in the future, you might consider alternate ways of delivering insulin, such as an insulin pump. Check out http://www.myomnipod.com , which makes a disposable pump that you wear right on your skin. Good luck!

Cold in Canada

hi

i need to find a way to test BG levels in the cold. i can keep my monitor under my shirt and it stays warm enough to test with, but something about the cold air makes the reading extremely low. i don’t know if it’s the blood freezing or something on the test strip is freezing.

when i tested outside in -8 celsius the metre reads ridiculously low numbers like 1.4 mmol/l. if i test inside something like a ski hut, the same metre reads 20 mmol/liter! (very high due to the sugar i consumed in the panic of my earlier readings…)

does anybody have a suggestion of what else i can do? have they dealt with this also?

what’s the best monitor for cold temperature testing? will visual strips even work in the cold? would a CGM work? i don’t want to have to stop ski touring…

thanks for any advice.sandra

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